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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Hospital Readmissions After Delivery

Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2015
To examine 30-day readmission rates after vaginal and cesarean delivery by race-ethnicity and insurance status.We analyzed hospital discharge data contained in a statewide database maintained by the Connecticut Department of Public Health. Discharge data for patients admitted for vaginal delivery without complication (n=167,857) and cesarean delivery ...
Robert H, Aseltine, Jun, Yan, Steven, Fleischman, Matthew, Katz, Mark, DeFrancesco   +4 more
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Racial Disparities in Type of Heart Failure and Hospitalization

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 2018
Heart failure (HF) is one of the leading causes of hospitalization and readmissions. Our study aimed to examine racial disparities in heart failure patients including onset, mortality, length of stay (LOS), direct costs, and readmission rates. This is a secondary data analysis.
Wei-Chen Lee, Hani Serag, Robert L. Ohsfeldt, Karl Eschbach, Wissam Khalife, Mohamed Morsy, Kenneth D. Smith, Ben G. Raimer   +7 more
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Racial Disparities in Children Hospitalized with Asthma at Academic Childrens' Hospitals

Pediatric Asthma, Allergy & Immunology, 2006
Disparities by race are known for children with asthma in the outpatient setting and post-hospital discharge. We sought to investigate if racial disparities also occur during hospitalization for children with asthma. The Pediatric Health Information System, a 35-hospital dataset from fiscal year 2003, was analyzed for patient-level, institution-level ...
Susan A. Fisher-Owens, Wendy M. Turenne, Kathleen Chavanu, Anthony D. Slonim   +3 more
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Racial Disparities in Hospital Utilization Among Patients with Multimorbidity

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
Abstract: Background. It is reported that racial differences exist among patients with multimorbidity. However, there are no studies that have investigated racial disparities within multimorbidity-related hospitalization encounters among patients with multimorbidity in rural states such as Arkansas. Methods.
Alisha, Crump, Clare C, Brown, Maryam Y, Garza, Austin, Porter, Kevin, Sexton, Jennifer L, Vincenzo, Taiquitha, Robins, Tremaine B, Williams   +7 more
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Racial and Ethnic Differences in Preventable Hospitalizations across 10 States

Medical Care Research and Review, 2000
Using discharge data from 10 states, this study estimates the effects of race and ethnicity on the likelihood of being hospitalized for a preventable condition—an indicator of limited access to primary care. The authors find that African Americans and Hispanics are more likely to be hospitalized for preventable conditions.
Gaskin, D. J., Hoffman, C.
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Gender and Racial Wage Differentials in Nonprofit Hospitals*

LABOUR, 2020
AbstractPast studies have found that economy‐wide gender and racial wage differentials are smaller in the nonprofit sector than in the for‐profit sector. I show that the massive US hospital industry exhibits a different pattern. Gender and racial differentials in nonprofit hospitals are larger than in the for‐profit hospitals. These findings are robust
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Racial Concordance of Nurses and Patients Across Hospitals

Nursing Research
Background A structurally fluent workforce is essential to demonstrate structural competency—the ability to recognize and address how social, political, and economic structures affect health. Such a workforce understands the role of external factors and social determinants in health inequities.
Eileen T. Lake, Christin Iroegbu, John F. Rizzo, Celsea C. Tibbitt, Kimi Li, Jessica G. Smith, Douglas O. Staiger, Nehemiah Weldeab, Jeanette A. Rogowski   +8 more
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Hospital Allocation and Racial Disparities in Health Care

Review of Economics and Statistics
Abstract We develop a framework to measure the role of hospital allocation in racial disparities in health care and use it to study Black and white heart attack patients. Black patients receive care at lower-performing hospitals than white patients. However, over two decades, the performance gap between hospitals treating Black and white
Amitabh Chandra, Pragya Kakani, Adam Sacarny   +2 more
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Hospitalization for congestive heart failure. Explaining racial differences.

JAMA, 1995
To determine whether the higher rate of hospitalization among African Americans for congestive heart failure (CHF) could be explained by racial differences in the prevalence of clinical risk factors for CHF.Retrospective cohort study.A large health maintenance organization (HMO).A sample of 64,877 enrollees (27% African American and 73% white) of the ...
M, Alexander, K, Grumbach, J, Selby, A F, Brown, E, Washington   +4 more
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Smart hospitality: from smart cities and smart tourism towards agile business ecosystems in networked destinations

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 2023
Dimitrios Buhalis, Rosanna Leung
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